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SMASH will officially land on Broadway in spring 2025
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#125
Posted: 1/26/25 at 8:10pm
SMASH cast > BOOP cast
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#126
Posted: 1/27/25 at 6:56am
Zeppie2022 said: ""Smash is based on a two-season show that people mostly hate watched and that came and went a decade ago and left nearly no mark on popular culture outside of an incredibly niche cult following and a handful of nice songs"
The niche cult following liked the songs from "Bombshell" and Megan Hilty. Megan Hilty is not in the show and Broadway show story is much different than TV show story. Liking a handful of "Bombshell" songs is not going to be enough to sell tickets for over $100 and have a decent run."
Well said!!!
like I said, DOA
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#127
Posted: 1/27/25 at 7:34am
Smash on Broadway birthed theater's most meta ad campaign- Fast Company
https://www.fastcompany.com/91265907/smash-on-broadway-meta-ad-campaign
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#128
Posted: 2/4/25 at 11:07am
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#129
Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:04pm
To be honest, this actually sounds pretty good, Never doubted Shaiman and Whitman for a second
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#130
Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:17pm
This is fabulous. The orchestrations are lush, and the new lyrics are sharper than ever. Taking the closing number from a 40-minute episode and transforming it into an exciting opening number for a 2.5-hour show is a significant challenge. I believe they more than rose to meet it.
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/08
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#131
Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:30pm
Per the Insta caption for anyone who missed it-this seems to be just one of multiple versions of Let Me Be Your Star that will appear in the show. A comment by the official account indicated that the "normal" version will appear as well.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#132
Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:33pm
It's apparently being sung four times throughout the show.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#133
Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:48pm
That demo recording def takes me back to the afternoon I spent at Hunter College last winter. I hope I get the chance to see how this has evolved.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#134
Posted: 2/4/25 at 1:30pm
Knowing that the "original" version will be in the show as well, I really appreciate what they've done for this version and I can totally see this as an opening number. I was a little skeptical on hearing how much they changed based on what people from the workshop said, but this definitely got me excited.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#135
Posted: 2/4/25 at 1:30pm
ACL2006 said: "It's apparently being sung four times throughout the show."
Not in it's entirety -- at least not in any of the last couple of readings.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#136
Posted: 2/4/25 at 4:24pm
how regular is it for shows to record their cast albums before performances begin? Shows change in rehearsals and previews, so it seems a little counter-intuitive to me?
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#137
Posted: 2/4/25 at 4:41pm
ChairinMain said: "how regular is it for shows to record their cast albums before performances begin? Shows change in rehearsals and previews, so it seems a little counter-intuitive to me?"
Lucky for you there was just a discussion on this in the Boop thread, but just to list some recent ones, Harmony, Teeth, and Days of Wine and Roses were all recorded before their transfers. It can be a double edged sword as it helps for marketing and drumming up excitement, and in the grand scheme of things if they adjust a few lyrics here and there people might not care THAT much (outside of this board at least). And at least for Smash most of the songs should be familiar even if there's different arrangements or adjustments so they probably have a good idea of what they're working with, but unlike the others they haven't had actual public performances to judge the material so we'll have to see.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#138
Posted: 2/4/25 at 11:27pm
ACL2006 said: "It's apparently being sung four times throughout the show."
Four times?
This'll be worse than a dozen mentions of SHOES UPON THE TABLE
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#139
Posted: 2/5/25 at 2:12pm
It'll be sung three or four times, but each version is very different, The song evolves, and its evolution is both fascinating and a significant aid to the overall development of the story. When I saw the show at Hunter College, the original version was incredibly disappointing, but that disappointment completely turned around as I realized how it was being used.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#140
Posted: 2/5/25 at 2:25pm
Sounds like the way they use In the Same Boat in Curtains.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#141
Posted: 2/11/25 at 3:54pm
‘Smash’ Was a Cult TV Hit. Now Steven Spielberg and Friends Are Bringing It to Broadway | Vanity Fair (Michael Riedel)
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/smash-tv-show-broadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#142
Posted: 2/11/25 at 4:31pm
My takeaway:
The curiosity within the theater industry about Smash 2.0, as Greenblatt calls it, was intense. A friend of mine who attended the workshop said: “Usually, you run away from these things, but everybody was fighting to get a ticket. And we lapped it up. There was huge affection for it. We recognized ourselves and this ridiculous life we lead.”
But Greenblatt and Meron didn’t trust an audience of insiders. They distributed plenty of free tickets to “civilians,” as theater people call those unfortunate souls who don’t happen to be in show business. The civilians, who filled out surveys, loved it too. Except the ending, which they hated. No revelations here, but let’s just say Smash took a dark turn. It was “a swing,” Rodriguez said with admiration. But the audience wasn’t having it. “There was a backlash,” Hurder recalled.
So Martin and Elice did what theater writers do when “the wind blows you in a different direction” and you don’t want to end up in the kitchen at Joe Allen: They rewrote the final scene.
Smash now ends on an upbeat note. But the show is not a sappy love letter to the theater. Martin and Elice have knocked around Shubert Alley too long to stoop to that. They were once up against each other for the Tony Award for best book: Martin for The Drowsy Chaperone, Elice for Jersey Boys. Martin won. “Sometimes he brings his Tony Award with him when we write, just to remind me,” Elice said.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#143
Posted: 2/11/25 at 4:55pm
TotallyEffed said: "Everyone call down,bothshows will flop."
OMG I nearly peed myself with your reply!! AH-MAZING!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#144
Posted: 2/15/25 at 3:40pm
Friends coming to town are interested in this one for late March. Going to keep an eye on TDF for them but is the TodayTix sale the best ticket deal out there at the moment? I don't recall seeing an email blast/mailer with a code and BroadwayBox isn't showing anything... Thanks!
Updated On: 2/15/25 at 03:40 PMStand-by Joined: 5/19/20
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#145
Posted: 2/15/25 at 9:45pm
Weird you heard audiences loved it. My friends who attended the workshop said it was the most dreadful thing in a long time. From their description of the plot, I'm inclined to believe them.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#146
Posted: 2/16/25 at 12:07am
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Friends coming to town are interested in this one for late March. Going to keep an eye on TDF for them but is the TodayTix sale the best ticket deal out there at the moment? I don't recall seeing an email blast/mailerwith a code and BroadwayBox isn't showing anything... Thanks!"
The “sale” on TodayTix is a misleading joke. I have compared SMASH Telecharge prices to the “sale” prices on TodayTix and they are virtually the same. TodayTix is starting to really get on my nerves with these so-called “sales.”
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#147
Posted: 2/18/25 at 6:07am
Hear How a ‘Smash’ Song Got a Broadway Makeover
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/theater/smash-broadway-let-me-be-your-star.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.VCof.9u0Fhw8I50fo
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#148
Posted: 2/18/25 at 10:21am
MezzA101 said: "Hear How a ‘Smash’ Song Got a Broadway Makeover
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/theater/smash-broadway-let-me-be-your-star.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.VCof.9u0Fhw8I50fo"
Hurder says she was recording for the cast album. Wonder if the full or just preview tracks like DBH did for its first preview.
SMASH On Broadway reveals casting#149
Posted: 2/18/25 at 5:28pm
Voter said: "Weird you heard audiences loved it. My friends who attended the workshop said it was the most dreadful thing in a long time. From their description of the plot, I'm inclined to believe them."
As someone who was at one of these and talked to some others who attended other performances, I call total BS on this. Sorry,
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